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Definition of busywork in English: busyworknoun ˈbɪzɪwəːkˈbɪziˌwərk mass nounNorth American Work that keeps a person busy but has little value in itself. 〈主北美〉累人而无价值的工作 Example sentencesExamples - Stoll writes by telling stories, creating visions of creative, messy, hands-on education being displaced by sterile virtual busywork.
- Leave the group writing to the management consulting firms with armies of newly minted Harvard-educated graduates who need to do a ton of busywork so that they can justify their huge fees.
- But while I was working on some random busywork that my awful Algebra teacher had assigned, he tapped my shoulder. ‘Umm… could you tell me where this room is?’
- Again, I think a certain amount of work is good for you: it gives you the discipline to do all that busywork that being creative involves.
- Why do teachers insist on assigning pointless busywork during a break?
- The provision of aid became an excuse for doing nothing, a kind of busywork that governments undertook so they could avoid decisive political and military action.
- And who wants to do all that busywork copying those down?
- Sometimes, maybe most of the time, they seem like busywork.
- Then again, to be fair, the American Senate has always been made up of such busywork of the ambitious on their way onto the pages of history.
- All too often, we get lost in busywork simply because it's easier.
- If a person overcome with emotion is not essential to the task at hand, sometimes the best solution is to give him some busywork to focus on.
- Also contributing to this busywork is the fact that the relative priority of the shortfalls changes as well.
- A consent decree's busywork would only drain resources away from his effort to tighten management controls.
- They will do better at them and not resent you for filling their lives with meaningless busywork.
- Even after completing this process, reps still faced everyday busywork that hampered productivity and got in the way of sales.
- Clients who do already watch movies will interpret film assignments as busywork and will not comply with the assignment.
- Burying yourself in busywork is an effective way to avoid more important - and more challenging - tasks.
- In terms of volunteering, the majority of opportunities currently available to seniors consist mostly of busywork - envelope-stuffing and pushing hospital carts - says Freedman.
- All went smoothly as I enrolled in my new school and managed to survive another grueling semester of busywork and tests.
- All this is busywork that keeps us from our goal.
Definition of busywork in US English: busyworknounˈbɪziˌwərkˈbizēˌwərk North American Work that keeps a person busy but has little value in itself. 〈主北美〉累人而无价值的工作 Example sentencesExamples - In terms of volunteering, the majority of opportunities currently available to seniors consist mostly of busywork - envelope-stuffing and pushing hospital carts - says Freedman.
- Why do teachers insist on assigning pointless busywork during a break?
- All this is busywork that keeps us from our goal.
- Clients who do already watch movies will interpret film assignments as busywork and will not comply with the assignment.
- Burying yourself in busywork is an effective way to avoid more important - and more challenging - tasks.
- Stoll writes by telling stories, creating visions of creative, messy, hands-on education being displaced by sterile virtual busywork.
- A consent decree's busywork would only drain resources away from his effort to tighten management controls.
- Then again, to be fair, the American Senate has always been made up of such busywork of the ambitious on their way onto the pages of history.
- Again, I think a certain amount of work is good for you: it gives you the discipline to do all that busywork that being creative involves.
- But while I was working on some random busywork that my awful Algebra teacher had assigned, he tapped my shoulder. ‘Umm… could you tell me where this room is?’
- Sometimes, maybe most of the time, they seem like busywork.
- They will do better at them and not resent you for filling their lives with meaningless busywork.
- The provision of aid became an excuse for doing nothing, a kind of busywork that governments undertook so they could avoid decisive political and military action.
- All went smoothly as I enrolled in my new school and managed to survive another grueling semester of busywork and tests.
- And who wants to do all that busywork copying those down?
- All too often, we get lost in busywork simply because it's easier.
- Also contributing to this busywork is the fact that the relative priority of the shortfalls changes as well.
- Leave the group writing to the management consulting firms with armies of newly minted Harvard-educated graduates who need to do a ton of busywork so that they can justify their huge fees.
- If a person overcome with emotion is not essential to the task at hand, sometimes the best solution is to give him some busywork to focus on.
- Even after completing this process, reps still faced everyday busywork that hampered productivity and got in the way of sales.
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